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@he-yin.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Kent State University
Remote Sensing; AI/Machine Learning; Land System Science
https://www.kent.edu/geography/he-yin 🛰️🌎🌈
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esa.int
🆕 The first stunning images from our groundbreaking #Biomass satellite mission have been released – they mark a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle 🌳🌍

www.esa.int/Applications...
This image features part of Bolivia. This vibrant image was created using the radar instrument’s different polarisation channels, with each colour revealing distinct characteristics of the landscape. For instance, green hues mainly represent rainforest, red hues forested floodplains and wetlands, and blue–purple is indicative of grasslands, while black areas are rivers and lakes. The image spans approximately 90 km along the Biomass satellite's flight path (length) and 60 km across in width, with north oriented to the right.
June 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
he-yin.bsky.social
A final farewell to Landsat 7. Farewell to the scan line errors… but gratitude for the improved thermal band and better spatial coverage. You served us well, thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
www.usgs.gov/landsat-miss...
A Final Farewell to Landsat 7
The Landsat 7 satellite will receive its final transmission from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on June 4, 2025, at 1:08 PM CST. The satellite launched in April 1999 and will be decommissioned afte...
www.usgs.gov
June 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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erleellis.bsky.social
Good Intentions Are Not Enough:
Land-use spillovers from environmental policy interventions 🌐🌍 doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...
May 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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tkuemmerle.bsky.social
"[T]he Humboldtian, Eurocentric perception of forests as the ideal natural state persists, [...] at the expense of grasslands and other open ecosystems."

Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests and neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Savanna/woodland in the Brazilian Cerrado (Photo T Kuemmerle).
May 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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esa.int
🌳🛰️ Our groundbreaking Biomass satellite lifted off on Vega-C #VV26 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 10:15 BST/11:15 CEST on 29 April. The satellite is designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle.
Biomass launched to count forest carbon
ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off ...
esa.int
April 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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dranpingchen.bsky.social
It's important that science continues, now more than ever. Hence I am happy to share our recent paper which shows the slowing of post-mortality forest recovery @natplants.nature.com. With great colleagues including @smmunson.bsky.social @wmhammond.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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kelewinska.bsky.social
📣In our new paper we analyzed the impact of #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ #satellite data density and SMA endmembers on trends in #grasslands ground cover:
- for monthly composites data density is irrelevant
- correct endmember definitions are critical‼️
Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax
April 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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dfrantz.bsky.social
🚨 Fresh off the press in #RSE: D. Klehr's first #PhD chapter 🎉 presents a new approach to surpass classification of tree species for large areas 🛰️🌳🌲. We pair #Sentinel2 #EarthObservation with #ANN #AI models to predict sub-pixel tree species! #OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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heatherreese.bsky.social
Job announcement! Come work with us as Assoc Sr Lecturer in Earth and Env Data Science at U of Gothenburg, Sweden. Tenure track for someone with broad remote sensing & machine learning knowledge. Work with climate change, Earth systems, biodiversity, #EO, #UAV... Deadline 10 May tinyurl.com/58ft38du
Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science
Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science At the Department of Earth Sciences, we
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March 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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kelewinska.bsky.social
📣Our global 🌍 overview of usable Landsat and Sentinel-2 🛰️ data now comprises also information from 2024!
The complete 1982-2024 dataset can be browsed via a #GEE app: tinyurl.com/322e63p2 and downloaded from here:
doi.org/10.5061/drya...
March 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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mikewulder.bsky.social
Observations from 3 #Sentinel2 satellites! Increased revisit frequency. Terrific news!
“This configuration will enhance the availability of Sentinel-2 data, with additional Sentinel-2 observations on the same relative orbit, occurring 2 days apart from Sentinel-2B and 1 day apart from Sentinel-2C.”
March 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
he-yin.bsky.social
Berlin is a wonderful place to live—I’ve always considered it my second home. The Geography department at @humboldtuni.bsky.social is especially strong, and you can work with many AMAZING colleagues there!
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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humboldteolab.bsky.social
How can AI for #EarthObservation deliver for social good? Read our recent #openaccess IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine article, co-authored by @hostertp.bsky.social and @philrufin.bsky.social!
philrufin.bsky.social Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Mar 3
New #IEEE GRSM paper on responsible #AI for #EarthObservation! AI for EO data analysis holds great promise in addressing global challenges but simultaneously needs a careful examination of the dimensions of responsibility. We reviewed them in this #openaccess article: doi.org/10.1109/MGRS...
Diagram showing the main building blocks of responsible AI in EO. Mitigating unfair bias, securing AI, preserving (geo)privacy, and addressing ethical concerns outline the considerations necessary for implementing responsible AI methodologies within the fields of EO. Social good presents the opportunities and goals related to how a responsible AI system can effectively be utilized to make a positive difference in people’s lives.
March 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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andrewparsonson.bsky.social
ESA has granted Sentinel-2A a one-year exceptional and temporary extension, delaying its retirement and increasing Sentinel-2 revisit times.
europeanspaceflight.com/sentinel-2a-...
Sentinel-2A Given One-Year Exceptional and Temporary Extension
ESA has granted Sentinel-2A a one-year exceptional and temporary extension, delaying its retirement and increasing Sentinel-2 revisit times.
europeanspaceflight.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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canopyrobin.com
New LGBTQ+ science resources! Today, we’re excited to share our PRIDE Guidelines for LGBTQ+ inclusive field work at inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/pride. Please share widely and see the thread below for more details 🧪🌍🌐
The progress flag in the shape of a shield against an outdoorsy background, titled "Pride guidelines: pointers for research that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable for LGBTQ+ fieldworkers"
February 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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humboldteolab.bsky.social
Two professor positions open at Humboldt University Berlin:

🔹 Human Geography: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

🔹 Physical Geography: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

6-week application deadline. Please share!
W1 Professorship in Human Geography and Global Transitions (with tenure track to W3)
haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de
February 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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tkuemmerle.bsky.social
Are you a postdoc working on global environmental change? Apply for the new #TenureTrack professorship on #Geography of #Global Environmental Change and join us at the Geography Department of Humboldt-University Berlin! @humboldtuni.bsky.social
--> hu.berlin/GeographyGEC
W1 Professorship in Geography of Global Environmental Change (with tenure track to W3)
hu.berlin
February 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
he-yin.bsky.social
👉 👉 👉 We're hiring! Seeking a NASA-funded postdoc/PhD candidate to use #RemoteSensing and #machinelearning, particularly #deeplearning to study disaster impacts on #AgriculturalLand. Please share! www.senslandlab.com/opportunitie...
Opportunities
Kent State Campus. Credit: KSU
www.senslandlab.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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wammezz.bsky.social
In these dark times, another sober reminder this @nytimes.com oped how war is destroying our #environment that not only directly impact human health and ecosystems we depend on from these toxic remnants of war, but also future generations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...
Opinion | War Is Killing The Planet
In pursuit of empire and domination, of territorial conquest or racial and religious supremacy, wars stand as a stubborn driver of planetary harm.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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annieleymarie.bsky.social
Two recent papers show how richer countries tend to export some environmental harms, inc. biodiversity loss
👇 and www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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philrufin.bsky.social
Commercial very-high-resolution satellite imagery is crucial for monitoring smallholder farming systems (SDG 2), but paywalls block innovation and progress.

We call for open access to these data for sustainability-centered research in @pnas.org!

Read the full text here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Photograph of smallholder farmer presenting seeds in her hand.
February 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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philrufin.bsky.social
We left behind ~10k followers on X, please reskeet to help us reach the community! #EOchat
philrufin.bsky.social Philippe Rufin @philrufin.bsky.social · Feb 12
Return of the good times: the Earth Observation Lab of @humboldtuni.bsky.social has joined Bluesky: Follow @humboldteolab.bsky.social for all things terrestrial remote sensing and geospatial at large!
Logo of the Earth Observation Lab of Humboldt University Berlin on background false-color satellite image showing contrasting agricultural systems at the Turkish-Syrian border.
February 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
he-yin.bsky.social
Congratulations to Esmaeel Adrah on the publication of his first paper in #RSE! 👏
🏷️ In this paper, we integrated #GEDI, #Sentinel-1, and #Sentinel-2 data to map tree crops in a Mediterranean environment.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Integrating GEDI, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-1 imagery for tree crops mapping
Mapping tree crops is essential for resource management and supporting local livelihoods and ecosystem services. However, tree crops are often overloo…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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grumpyunclesean.bsky.social
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Please see our new paper in Nature Communications!

We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥

Our key findings are as follows ...
A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned - Nature Communications
Across many North American forests, recent years with exceptional area burned are not unprecedented when considering the multi-century perspective offered by fire-scarred trees. Nevertheless, abundant...
www.nature.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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corneliussenf.bsky.social
Six years in the making and finally published! Our viewpoint on how to improve tree mortality monitoring. With in-depth discussion on how to improve ground-based monitoring, integration of ground-based monitoring with remote sensing and modelling, and fair and collaborative science: lnkd.in/dJgSRQHt
February 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM